Book Review: Olive Growing in Palestine: Stories of Everyday Forms of Resistance, by Juman Simaan.

Abstract

This review engages critically with Juman Simaan's Olive Growing in Palestine: Stories of Everyday Forms of Resistance, arguing that its contribution extends beyond occupational science into broader conversations on decoloniality, humanity and everyday resistance. Rather than simply documenting occupation under conditions of settler colonialism, the book invites readers to reconsider how meaning, dignity and collective life are sustained amid structural violence. The review also acknowledges inherent tensions of how readers will perceive the everyday resistances from their positions and contexts, suggesting fertile ground for future conceptual dialogue.